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An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Episode 1
Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched...
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Earl Holliman, Garry Walberg, Paul Langton, Jay Overholts, Carter Mullally Jr., John Conwell, Jim Johnson, James Gregory
Episode 2
A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.
Directed by Robert ParrishWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Ed Wynn, Murray Hamilton, Dana Dillaway, Jay Overholts, Merritt Bohn, Mickey Maga, Gene Coogan, Raoul Freeman
Episode 3
A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.
Directed by Allen ReisnerWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Jeanne Cooper, Martin Landau, Doug McClure, Dan Duryea, Ken Lynch, Malcolm Atterbury, Arthur Batanides, Bill Erwin
Episode 4
An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room.
Directed by Mitchell LeisenWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Martin Balsam, Ted de Corsia, Jerome Cowan, Alice Frost, Ida Lupino, John Clarke
Episode 5
A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.
Directed by Robert StevensWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Frank Overton, Gig Young, Irene Tedrow, Pat O'Malley, Michael Montgomery, Ron Howard, Byron Foulger, Sheridan Comerate
Episode 6
A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.
Directed by Mitchell LeisenWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Virginia Christine, David Wayne, Thomas Gomez, Dick Wilson, Joe Flynn, Raymond Bailey, Wendell Holmes, Allan Lurie
Episode 7
In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.
Directed by Jack SmightWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Jean Marsh, Ted Knight, John Dehner, Jack Warden, James Turley
Episode 8
A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Vaughn Taylor, Burgess Meredith, Jacqueline deWit, Lela Bliss, Robert Haines
Episode 9
A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.
Directed by Robert FloreyWritten by Charles BeaumontGuest stars Richard Conte, Suzanne Lloyd, John Larch, Max Wagner, Russell Trent, Ted Stanhope, Eddie Marr
Episode 10
In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Patrick Macnee, Nehemiah Persoff, James Franciscus, Ben Wright, Deirdre Owens, Leslie Bradley, Kendrick Huxham, Hugh Sanders
Episode 11
Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Richard Matheson, Rod SerlingGuest stars Charles Aidman, Maxine Cooper, Gloria Pall, Sue Randall, Jim Hutton, Rod Taylor, Paul Bryar, Joe Bassett
Episode 12
A two-bit thug thinks he's found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most.
Directed by Alvin GanzerWritten by Rod Serling, Lewis PadgettGuest stars Ernest Truex, Steve Cochran, Read Morgan, William Edmonson, Doris Karnes, Fred Kruger, Norman Sturgis, Juney Ellis
Episode 13
In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by George Clayton Johnson, Rod SerlingGuest stars Ross Martin, Peter Brocco, Beverly Garland, Milton Frome, Phillip Pine, Don Gordon, Harry Townes, Bernard Fein
Episode 14
With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Richard Matheson, Rod SerlingGuest stars Edward Andrews, Joe Maross, Denise Alexander, Fritz Weaver, Will J. White, S. John Launer, Lori March, Jeanne Evans
Episode 15
Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.
Directed by Stuart RosenbergWritten by Rod Serling, Madelon ChampionGuest stars Dewey Martin, Harry Bartell, Edward Binns, Ted Otis, Leslie Barrett, Boyd Cabeen, Kenner G. Kemp
Episode 16
Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.
Directed by Alvin GanzerWritten by Lucille Fletcher, Rod SerlingGuest stars Eleanor Audley, Mitzi McCall, Inger Stevens, Leonard Strong, Lew Gallo, Russ Bender, George Mitchell, Adam Williams
Episode 17
Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name.
Directed by Robert FloreyWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Everett Sloane, Vivi Janiss, William Kendis, Lee Sands, Marc Towers, Arthur Peterson, Lee Millar, Art Lewis
Episode 18
A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!
Directed by William F. ClaxtonWritten by Richard MathesonGuest stars Jack Perkins, Alexander Scourby, Kenneth Haigh, Robert Warwick, Simon Scott, Harry Raybould, Jerry Catron, Paul Baxley
Episode 19
Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.
Directed by Richard L. BareWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Ron Masak, Warren Oates, William Reynolds, William Phipps, Marc Cavell, S. John Launer, Michael Vandever, Dick York
Episode 20
Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Charles BeaumontGuest stars Kevin Hagen, Don Dubbins, Cecil Kellaway, Jeff Morrow, Walter Bacon, Frank Baker, George Boyce, Barbara Chrysler
Episode 21
In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Vera Miles, Martin Milner, Ferris Taylor, Naomi Stevens, Joseph Hamilton, Therese Lyon, Edwin Rand, Anthony Redondo
Episode 22
Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.
Directed by Ron WinstonWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Claude Akins, Barry Atwater, Amzie Strickland, Jack Weston, Sheldon Allman, Burt Metcalfe, Jason Johnson, Jan Handzlik
Episode 23
Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.
Directed by Ted PostWritten by Richard MathesonGuest stars Howard Duff, Eileen Ryan, David White, Frank Maxwell, Gail Kobe, Peter Walker, Susan Dorn, Bill Idelson
Episode 24
Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.
Directed by Anton LeaderWritten by Charles BeaumontGuest stars Kevin McCarthy, Estelle Winwood, Edgar Stehli, Dodie Heath, Brad Brown, Beverly Englander, Robert McCord
Episode 25
After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.
Directed by Mitchell LeisenWritten by Paul W. Fairman, Rod SerlingGuest stars Roddy McDowall, Vic Perrin, Byron Morrow, Susan Oliver, Paul Comi, Vernon Gray, Herbert Winters
Episode 26
Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.
Directed by David Orrick McDearmonWritten by George Clayton Johnson, Rod SerlingGuest stars Jon Lormer, Albert Salmi, Russell Johnson, Than Wyenn, Fay Roope, Richard Karlan, George Mitchell, Joe Haworth
Episode 27
Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor.
Directed by Ron WinstonWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Ivan Dixon, Walter Burke, Steven Perry, Kim Hamilton, Henry Scott, Wesley Gale, Joseph Glick, Charles Horvath
Episode 28
After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by Charles BeaumontGuest stars Larry Blyden, Sebastian Cabot, Sandra Warner, Bill Mullikin, John Close, Barbara English, Charles Fogel, George Ford
Episode 29
Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment, who tries to jog Helen's memory about a man she saw earlier that day.
Directed by Alvin GanzerWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Shepperd Strudwick, Michael Fox, Morgan Brittany, Janice Rule, Joseph V. Perry, Terry Burnham
Episode 30
Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby.
Directed by Robert ParrishWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Jason Wingreen, James Daly, Howard Smith, Billy Booth, Patricia Donahue, Mavis Neal Palmer, James Maloney, Herschel Graham
Episode 31
A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by John Collier, Robert Presnell Jr.Guest stars J. Pat O'Malley, John McIntire, Rusty Wescoatt, Marjorie Bennett, Patricia Barry, Barbara Perry, George Grizzard, Duane Grey
Episode 32
A down-and-out trumpet player who's convinced he'll never amount to anything attempts suicide and finds himself in a world where no one can hear or see him.
Directed by Don MedfordWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars John Anderson, Jack Klugman, Frank Wolff, Ned Glass, Mary Webster, James Flavin, Peter Gabel
Episode 33
After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.
Directed by William AsherWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Vito Scotti, William Schallert, Orson Bean, Charles Lane, Henry Jones, Horace McMahon, House Peters Jr., Florence MacMichael
Episode 34
Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.
Directed by Douglas HeyesWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Elizabeth Allen, Patrick Whyte, James Millhollin, John Conwell, Nancy Rennick, Anne Francis, Don Anderson, Yvonne Romain
Episode 35
A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.
Directed by Robert Parrish, Alvin GanzerWritten by Rod SerlingGuest stars Robert Sorrells, Abraham Sofaer, Rusty Lane, Alan Dexter, Don Kelly, Jonathan Hole, Jack Warden
Episode 36
Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.
Directed by Ralph NelsonWritten by Richard MathesonGuest stars Keenan Wynn, Phyllis Kirk, Mary LaRoche
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Rod SerlingSelf - Host
Jon LormerMinister
James BestBilly-Ben Turner
Bill ErwinWilcox (uncredited)
Pat O'MalleyAttendant
Hank PattersonMr. Gentry
Paul MazurskyFrank
Ben WrightDoctor
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